Photo: Johntwrl · CC BY-SA 3.0An old town: 63% of the homes in Holyrood predate 1961, where Alberta’s towns have 5%
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $428,000; the average was $473,306. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. Sale prices aren’t published in Alberta: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Holyrood.
Two ways to price a home in Holyrood
Two sources, each set against Alberta’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Holyrood shares its assessed values, values by property type and building permits numbers with the rest of the city of Edmonton.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $473K
- Owners
- 850
- Alberta’s towns
- $400K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Alberta’s towns
- $297K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Houses in Edmonton carry assessments 30% over the middle of Alberta’s towns
Detached houses account for 61% of the 347,170 properties on Edmonton’s 2024 roll; condos for 18%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Alberta’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
The homes of Holyrood, by period and type
Holyrood had 1,415 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 68% of them single-detached houses. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Holyrood | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 8% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Edmonton permitted 26 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 7.5 of Alberta’s towns
Building permits added 61,232 homes in Edmonton between 2018 and 2023: some 10,205 a year. 32% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 69% for Alberta’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
21,179 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15% on the year before
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Edmonton metro area
Holyrood against Alberta’s towns: about level with the $400,000 median
478 of Alberta’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Holyrood: Bonnie Doon and King Edward Park
Next to Holyrood: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holyrood | $428K | $473K | 61% | |
| Ottewell | $420K | $419K | 69% | 1.1 |
| Forest Heights | $460K | $517K | 61% | 1.5 |
| Bonnie Doon | $400K | $492K | 53% | 1.6 |
| Riverdale | $496K | $561K | 49% | 1.7 |
| King Edward Park | $388K | $307K | 67% | 2 |
| Capilano | $448K | $490K | 86% | 2.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Holyrood
How many households in Holyrood are in core housing need?
10% of Holyrood’s households, near the 8% of Alberta’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Holyrood expensive for Alberta?
Holyrood is close to the norm for Alberta’s towns, whose median home is worth $400,000.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).